Doodlebugs – Christmas Mix and Match Fun

Hi there! Have you gotten any early start on holiday crafting this year? I feel like it really became a thing with companies doing Christmas in July releases which helped my motivation. I also noticed that Christmas crafting now compared to later on, my color choices are brighter and different which is sort of cool and fun!

I recently picked up some new goodies from Doodlebugs with the intent of mixing them together for some holiday cards. This was the first result from that. I started by playing with the Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia die cutting pieces and arranging them different ways. I used liquid glue to adhere everything except I added the poinsettia with foam squares for some dimension.

Then I inked up a panel with the Pretty Pink Posh Argyle stencil set using mermaid and jalapeno Lawn Fawn inks. After stenciling, I glued the panel to a top folding card base and then glued my foliage down on that.

Next, I heat embossed and die cut a sentiment from Mama Elephant’s Everything Nice sentiment set. I love these bold sentiments and have all of the collections. They come in handy and are a fabulous font! I added the sentiment with foam squares and liquid glue.

Since my foliage has some pretty gold shiny pieces, I didn’t add any finishing touches. They were kind of built in when I added that shiny-ness everywhere as I went along.

Products used:
Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia dies
Pretty Pink Posh Argyle stencils
Mama Elephant Everything Nice stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn ink – jalapeno and mermaid
Blending brushes
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Embossing powder
Anti-static powder bag
VersaMark ink

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Doodlebugs – Just Wanted to Say…

Happy Monday everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog today sharing a fun combo with Spellbinders and Pretty Pink Posh, throwing in one of my favorite Mama Elephant sentiment sets too!

Sometimes it’s crazy making and sometimes it’s fun when you have an idea and the creation of said idea does not turn out how it was going in your head. That’s exactly what happened here but I still love it and really had fun creating this card!

Let’s start by die cutting a bunch of the Spellbinders Modern Ovals – I chose the fourth one in from the smallest. I taped three of them to my work surface and ink blended the Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil using Lawn Fawn guava ink and a blending brush.

I arranged them on my card front, originally planning to pop them all up, along with die cutting my sentiment. But as I started to play, I liked the idea of the sentiment on one of the ovals – it fits perfectly – and only popping that one up for a little added interest to that specific spot. So I glued everything down and popped that one up. Then I trimmed off the excess with my scissors.

Next, I stamped and colored images from Pretty Pink Posh Crafty Critters with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and added them above the sentiment with foam squares.

Last, I decided to stamp the mini sentiment intro to the blank oval on the top for fun. I was quite smitten with myself when I thought of that. It’s so fun! And finally, for finishing touches I just added black glaze pen to the mouse’s eyes and glossy accents to his nose and parts of the crafty supplies.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Crafty Critters stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Spellbinders Modern Ovals dies
Mama Elephant So Appreciate stamps
Embossing Ink
Embossing Powder – white
Foam squares
Lawn Fawn Ink – guava
Blending brush
Glossy accents
Sakura Glaze Pen – black

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Doodlebugs – Mini Note Card Two Ways, Blingy or Simple

Welcome back everyone! I’m so glad you stopped by today. I’m on the Doodlebugs blog with a pair of mini note cards in two variations. Both are super cute but maybe one is more comfortable or to your bling level liking. Enjoy!

First up, I went all things extra and hot foiled my sentiment, plus glitz gelled my stencil! Shiny and glittery and fabulous! This Pretty Pink Posh mini note die set is super fun and I’m going to be making a ton of these over time. They’re fun for purses, lunch boxes and RAKs at the store too!

I used the adorable Spellbinders Sweet Birdie die to adorn my card front and I love it! I used fun colored cardstock from my stash and liquid glue to assemble him. Then, after hot foiling my Pretty Pink Posh Smile sentiment, I die cut it, gluing and additional two layers to the back so it had a little dimension. The bird is popped up with a foam square so it stands out too.

After creating that first card, I thought about people who don’t hot foil or like to get messy like I do and wanted to create and equally adorable, but simpler version of the same card. So here we are! I used a blending brush and darker teal ink for my stenciling this time.

Plus I used the regular die and shadow for my sentiment instead of the hot foil plate and shadow die. I did add two extra layers to the shadow on this sentiment just like the first one and popped my birdie up with a foam square again too.

A little side-by-side action for you to see the differences at the same time. The impact is definitely more in person, with the light hitting the glitz gel and foiling but I really love both cards!

What’s your vote?

Products used today:
Spellbinders Sweet Birdie dies
Spellbinders Hot Foil – moondust
Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies
Pretty Pink Posh Large Smile hot foil plate and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – mermaid
Thermoweb Glitz Gel – iridescent

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Pretty Pink Posh | Spellbinders – Love You Berry Much

Hi there! I’m popping in late today to share a fun card I created this weekend with Spellbinders dies and embossing folder plus Pretty Pink Posh stamps and stencil! I really had a blast creating this card and I think it’s good to share what really happened behind the scenes…

First, here’s my completed project. Completely different than my original vision. First, I stamped and colored my images from Pretty Pink Posh Fresh Berries. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I pulled out an envelope die because my berries were going to spill out of it. This 100% did not work! I was super frustrated and tried really hard to force it.

After walking away, I came back and started playing with the images in different arrangements. With a fresh mind and a blank slate, erasing all preexisting hopes for my envelope idea, I came up with the final arrangement you see.

I used the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder on a 4×5.25 inch white panel and popped it up with foam tape. Then I cut two Spellbinders Four Petal Labels from two different blue cardstocks. I used the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil on the light blue with Lawn Fawn Blue Jay ink. After gluing the labels together I splattered them with water and then white paint for texture.

Using the images as a guide I stamped the first half of my sentiment in Blue Jay ink and then popped the berries and second part of the sentiment up with foam squares. I came in with a little Touch of Gloss on the flower centers and left it at that.

This card was a bit of a journey but I’m so happy with it and thing it’s so adorable!

So, reminder…don’t give up. Sometimes you have to walk away and try again later. Whether it’s a different idea or a new take on the same one, something wonderful will work out!

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Fresh Berries stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Spellbinders Four Petal Label dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Foam tape
Touch of Gloss
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn blue jay ink
Blending brush

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Doodlebugs – Mini Note Card with Pretty Pink Posh, Mama Elephant and Spellbinders

Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing a mini note card featuring dies from Pretty Pink Posh, stamps from Mama Elephant and embossing folder and stamps from Spellbinders. This little card was so fun to create and I think they’re going to be a little addictive. They will be so fun to pop in lunch boxes or leave places for my family.

I really wanted to color this adorable image from Mama Elephant Storytime stamps, so that’s where I started…with no other plan in place. Sometimes this is the most therapeutic craft sessions. No pressure, just do something you want and if it turns into a completed project, cool. If not, you got to relax and color.

However, after I die cut this adorable image, it struck me that it might fit the Pretty Pink Posh Sweet Note card. And it did, perfectly! So I cut the base from white cardstock and the stitched square from teal. Then I added some texture to the square using the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder. The embossed panel is glued to the card with liquid glue and the image is popped up with foam squares.

Then I found this perfect sentiment in the Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamp set. After I stamped it, I just trimmed it into a strip and added it with a foam strip. For finishing touches I added some white gel pen highlights, black glaze pen to open eyes and stardust Stickles to the clouds and sun. Last, I did put little dots of glossy accents on noses and the frog’s crown.

Do you give little notes to your family members? I can’t be the only one. Lol!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Storytime stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sweet Note dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamps
Liquid glue
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Sakura Glaze pen – black

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Doodlebugs – Hip Hip Hooray Tropical Bird Hot Foil

Woohoo!!! I’m so happy to be joining the Doodlebugs team! I’ll be bringing you fantastic inspiration with your favorite brands mixed and matched together. Sometimes we get in a rut of using only one brand of products per project but remember that it’s fun to combine your favorites together.

Today I had some fun hot foiling with the new Spellbinders Hooray hot foil and die set. Isn’t that speckled prism hot foil eye catching! I love it! Once that was done, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Tropical Toucans and Trellis stencil to play around.

My orange panel measures 3×5.5 inches and is inked up with Lawn Fawn carrot ink for a tone-on-tone background. I popped the panel up with foam tape before adding my birds and sentiment with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the toucan’s eyes and glossy accents to their beaks. Next I put a bit of stardust Stickles on the the flower and finished the design off with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh sea foam pearls using liquid glue.

I love how fun and happy this bright card is! It’s perfect for a variety of occasions and great to have in your stash.

Products used:
Spellbinders Hooray Hot Foil Plate and Die
Spellbinders Speckled Prism Hot Foil
Pretty Pink Posh Tropical Toucans stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Pretty Pink Posh sea foam pearls
Glossy accents
Sakura Glaze Pen – black
Stickles – stardust
Bearly Art liquid glue
Foam tape and squares

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Pretty Pink Posh – Spooky Wishes Shaker Cauldron

Hey everyone! I am SO EXCITED to be over on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today celebrating Halloween Theme Week with them. There’s a sale and tons of inspiration all week for all things Halloween. Today I have a super cool shaker card to share with you.

I started my card by creating the shaker cauldron. I ink blended distress oxide in ripe persimmon and carved pumpkin on a scrap of white cardstock and set it aside. Then I die cut 8 cauldrons from black cardstock and adhered them to the ink blended scrap. I trimmed the panel down, added my shaker bits, an acetate panel and then one more black cauldron on top and set it aside to dry with acrylic blocks on top of it.

Next, I ink blended my background with more distress oxide ink. Mowed lawn to twisted citron on the bottom, fading into nothing. Then seedless preserves to tattered rose, fading into the same nothing on the top. Then I layered the bat stencil from the Spooky Sky stencil set and blended black ink through that.

Then I stamped and heat embossed the outline fence image from Halloween Borders and a sentiment from Ghost Friends and used the coordinating dies to cut both of them out. I stamped two ghosts from Ghost Friends and colored them with my copic markers before die cutting them as well. I wanted a little something else so I went digging and found this sweet witchy kitty from Halloween Pals. I stamped and colored her with copics too and then cut her out with the coordinating dies.

To assemble my card, I added the background panel to a card base and the fence directly to that. Next, I glued down the cauldron shaker and added foam squares to my images and sentiment. I removed the release paper and adhered those down before moving on to finishing touches.

For that I just added black glaze pen to the eyes that are “open” and glossy accents to the band on the witch hat. Last, I added swooshes of Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the details of both ghosts. Just a little shimmer in the light but it’s fun.

Products used today:
Cauldron Shaker die
Halloween Borders stamps and dies
Halloween Pals stamps and dies
Ghost Friends stamps and dies
Spooky Sky stencils
Halloween Party clay confetti
Distress Oxide Ink – mowed lawn, twisted citron, tattered rose, seedless preserves
Glossy accents
Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – clear

I hope you enjoyed today’s project and found some inspiration to create something wonderful. I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Pretty Pink Posh – Instagram Hop Day 3

Hello everyone! I wanted to pop in and let you know that I’m part of the Pretty Pink Posh Instagram Hop to celebrate the September release. It’s 3 days of hopping for inspiration and a chance to win each day. So head over and hop along, commenting at each stop to increase your chances!

For the hop I created this simple but gorgeous fall card using the new Layered Foliage Stencil and Grateful Script die. I inked up the first layer with dye inks and blending brushes, not masking at all because fall leaves are never just one color so if things mixed a little I didn’t mind. Then I layered the second stencil on top and spread gold glitz glitter gel from Thermoweb through it. Isn’t that detail gorgeous?!?

When the glitz gel was dry, I trimmed the panel down to 3.75×5 inches and popped it up on an A2 piece of kraft cardstock. Then I cut the Grateful Script die from white cardstock 3 times and navy cardstock once. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers and also add it to the card front. Because of the glitz gel I placed a few acrylic blocks on top while the glue dried.

When everything was dry, I added the kraft panel to a white card base and my card is all finished. So simple to create but it’s just beautiful. Wouldn’t this idea make great Thanksgiving place cards too?

Products used:
Layered Foliage stencils
Grateful Script die
Foam tape
Thermoweb Glitz Glitter Gel – gold
Stencil pal
Bearly Art liquid glue

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Pretty Pink Posh – Blog Hop Day 3

Hello crafty friends! I am over the moon to share that I’m guest designing with Pretty Pink Posh for their amazing September release! This is day 3 of the blog hop celebrating the release. Be sure to comment, hop along and go back to the first two days to comment and increase your chances of winning too!!!

Okay, let’s get on to the fun card I have to share with you! I had so much fun creating this one and I hope you love it too!

I started by stamping and coloring images from Mouse Friends and Fall Envelopes and colored everything with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out and started working on my design. First I thought I would scatter the small images all over the background that wasn’t working so I created a blended panel with distress oxides instead.

I started with an A2 panel and distress oxide in aged mahogany, ripe persimmon and wild honey. Then I added the foliage stencil from the Layered Foliage stencil set and inked it up again. The color difference wasn’t enough so I place it back down and used white pigment ink over the top instead. I love the faint leaves this gave.

Next, I cut the largest Scalloped Circle from white cardstock and glued it off the edge of the panel and the started adding my images with foam squares and liquid glue. I trimmed the circle hanging over the edge and then decided to trim the panel down on the other sides to 4×5.25 inches. I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Fall Envelopes, cutting it out with the coordinating banner die and popped it up on a foam strip.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to various things like acorn tops, the berry and cheese spots, along with the mouse’s nose and sunflower center. Then I glued down a scattering of the new Sunset Orange pearls.

Isn’t this card so fun and sweet!?! I love the images with that sentiment. Sharing gratitude is so wonderful and always makes people smile. We don’t do it enough.

Products used today:
Mouse Friends stamps and dies
Fall Envelopes stamps and dies
Scalloped Circles dies
Layered Foliage stencils
Sunset Orange pearls
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Distress Oxide – aged mahogany, ripe persimmon, wild honey
Embossing & Watermark Ink
Frosting embossing Powder
Magic Anti-static Brush

BLOG HOP DAY 3

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Amy Rysavy
Dana Kirby
Lindsey Larsen
Melody Rupple
Amanda Wilcox ***YOU ARE HERE***
Carly Minner
Lisa Mears

There are 3 $30 gift certificates up for grabs to the Pretty Pink Posh shop. One for each day of the hop. Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 9/21/2022. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

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Pretty Pink Posh – September Release Day

Hello everyone! Today is release day for the Pretty Pink Posh September release. This one is packed full of amazing fall products! You’ll definitely want to check it out. Today I’m celebrating with a simple die cut card featuring the new Grateful Script die and Fall Tree dies.

I started by doing some fun ink smooshing on a scrap of white cardstock to create variegated, textured pattern for my leaves. The biggest part of this small die set that I love is that the leaves are all one connected die so with each pass of your die cut machine you end up with a bundle of leaves. It’s perfect! Once I had a bundle of leaves, I die cut the tree trunk from brown cardstock and started playing around with placement of the leaves.

With a more solid idea in my head, I cut a piece of white cardstock down to 3.75×5 inches and inked the center with dark teal dye ink and a blending brush. Then I splattered just a little of the same ink across the panel. I used liquid glue to add the tree trunk and then all of the leaves.

Finally I cut the Grateful Script from white cardstock 3 times and adhered those together with liquid glue before adding them across the trunk of the tree. I added foam tape to the back of my panel and adhered it to an A2 size piece of brown cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere this to a white card base and my card is all finished.

Be sure to check out the entire release over at the Pretty Pink Posh shop. It’s got such an amazing range of products and they’re all wonderful!

Products used today:
Fall Tree dies
Grateful Script die
Bearly Art liquid glue
Foam tape
Blending brush

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